Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute

About

The Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Ricky Greenwald, PsyD, is a global leader in intensive trauma therapy, trauma research, and clinical training. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, with satellite offices in Westport, Connecticut, Greensboro and Wilmington, North Carolina, Buffalo, New York, and Northern California, the Institute offers an intensive treatment model in which a dedicated therapist works one-on-one with the client for up to six hours per day, typically over five consecutive days. This concentrated format allows for deep trauma processing that would take months or years to achieve in weekly outpatient therapy. The therapeutic repertoire includes EMDR, Progressive Counting—a trauma processing method developed by Dr. Greenwald—the Flash Technique, Internal Family Systems and parts work, somatic psychology, trauma-informed yoga, and art therapy. The Institute's model is research-supported and designed to be well-tolerated, recognizing that effective trauma therapy must balance processing intensity with the client's window of tolerance. The organization also serves as a major training center, providing continuing education to therapists worldwide in its proprietary and evidence-based methods. The intensive format is particularly suited to individuals who cannot access specialized trauma therapy locally, who have limited time for extended residential stays, or who wish to accelerate their healing trajectory.

Depth Orientation

The Trauma Institute is distinctive in its integration of multiple trauma processing modalities—EMDR, Progressive Counting, and the Flash Technique—alongside IFS parts work and somatic psychology within an intensive one-on-one format. The development of Progressive Counting by founder Ricky Greenwald represents an original contribution to the trauma treatment field, offering an alternative processing method that may be better tolerated by clients who find EMDR destabilizing. The intensive format—up to six hours of individual therapy daily over five consecutive days—allows for the kind of deep, sustained trauma processing that weekly outpatient therapy cannot achieve.

Treatment Modalities

Program Details

Best for

• Adults and children needing intensive trauma processing
• Complex PTSD requiring concentrated treatment
• Individuals without local access to specialized trauma therapists
• Clients who find standard EMDR difficult to tolerate

Notable Clinicians

• Ricky Greenwald, PsyD — Founder and Executive Director; developer of Progressive Counting and leading expert in EMDR and Flash Technique

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